Life’s too short to spend 1/3 of your life at a job that brings you zero fulfillment.
Get High at Work!
The question
Why are 81% of all adult employees “not engaged” at work?
A 2025 study by ADP Research determined that more than 4 out of 5 adults in the workplace are not engaged at their job. The study emphasizes that employers should help their employees “find purpose.”
I think it’s your responsibility. More specifically, I believe it’s your responsibility to identify what brings you fulfillment.
How do you ‘find fulfillment’ in your work? You don’t find it; you create it. You make your work fulfilling by doing the things you were created to do, with zero expectation of anything in return.
Identify your gift, then give it away.
God-given Talent
× Giving
× Gratitude
Fulfillment
The intersection of work, talent, and the biology of giving and gratitude, explodes when you take the time to identify your unique gift, and then put it to work with zero expectations.
About Kevin
Kevin Sandlin is a serial entrepreneur, small-business owner, instructor, and speaker whose career has been shaped by one constant: learning through experience.
Let’s be honest: serial entrepreneur actually means “I’m unemployable.” I’ve failed miserably, and been miserable in many different roles.
Then I realized that, whenever I put my gift to work, all the other crap paled in comparison, and I loved going to work, no matter where it was or what I was doing.
How we work
Let’s start with a simple conversation. Arrange a video call and we’ll talk about what you’re working on, what you’re trying to accomplish, and how I might be able to help.
The what, where, when, and how are easy. The “why”, the message, is the deep, messy, fun part that’s all about your audience. That’s where we’ll really dig into how you – or your employees – can go about identifying what it is that brings you fulfillment, and how to put those gifts to work.
Posts, articles, and talks
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What we learned in Blogging for your Brand
We had a fantastic time last night at General Assembly Atlanta! Thanks to everyone who attended “Blogging for your Brand”! Even on a ridiculously cold night, we had a packed house full of people who were eager to start or get into first or second gear in their blogging. Here’s a simple recap of the…
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Preparation
How do you prepare for an event that you will lead? I think about this process all the time, and every time I lead any event. Every Friday, when I lead Pitch Practice, I prepare to welcome newcomers and give them an overview of why we’re here and what we do, and then to help…
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Blogging for your Brand this Thursday at General Assembly
I’ll be leading a 2-hour class called “Blogging for your Brand” this Thursday from 6:30 – 8:30pm at General Assembly, which is located at Ponce City Market, 4 doors down from Dancing Goats in midtown. If you or your company are engaging in content marketing or if you know that you should be doing content…
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Back to Blogger
Managing a WordPress site and writing in WordPress are two very different things. I’ve enjoyed the simplicity and power of plugins managing Atlanta Tech Blogs using a simple, cheap WordPress framework with a dozen or so plugins. It works. But writing in WordPress isn’t cutting it for me. That, among a couple of other reasons,…
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Was 2014 a good year?
I tweeted this on December 30: Goodbye “cathie”. You’re dead to me. Today, I am #cancer free. Good riddance, 2014. You were not fun, but you gave us much material. #HNY — Kevin Sandlin (@kevsandlin) December 30, 2014 I’ll get to the cancer portion later, but my reason for embedding that particular tweet was “good…
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Atlanta’s Tech Startup Blogs
Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of Atlanta Tech Startup Blogs in alpha order. Raise your hand if you’re not here. Seriously, if you don’t see your favorite Atlanta Tech & Startup Blog listed, please tell me. I’m personally blown away by the sheer number if high quality blogs from Atlanta. Have you read all these? Wow. There…
